Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Cherry Pie Pecan Bars

I admit it. I cut coupons...AND I think its fun. Some habits die hard and while growing up my Mom and I would sit on the couch on Sundays and go through the ads and coupons. In my grade school days, I think finding a coupon acted as leverage and a perfect excuse to convince my mom that it was a good idea to buy the latest junk food or kid-geared snack. To this day, I must say I still enjoy this activity though I must also admit I probably only use 1- 2% of the coupons I so diligently cut out, save and file. It's the effort that counts!

Last Sunday I saw a recipe for Cherry Pie Pecan Bars in the coupons section. I am not a fan of cherry pie, and I don't like pecans but the recipe reminded me thatLucky Leaf had sent me a few samples of their pie fillings. Since I don't make pies very often, this recipe seemed just about perfect. Um, except for the stick or so of butter that I was missing! I subbed apple butter for quite a bit of butter so I had no idea how these would turn out.

Maybe I just thought I didn't like cherry pie, because this dessert was one of my favorites in a long time. I can't say the apple butter substitution made these all that healthy, but just like my coupon cutting, it's the effort, right?

I think it's all about proportion. This was probably healthiER than it would have been with butter butter. ANd so I would tout that with pride. These look so so so good! I've never worked with cherry pie filling before but after seeing this, I'm pretty sure I could go at it with a spoon.